AT&T drops tiered voice plans for new customers

AT&T has dropped tiered voice plans for new customers, requiring those signing up for service to have unlimited talk and text. This means that those who would have signed up for a lower priced tiered voice plan with capped minutes are now forced to pay a higher price for unlimited talk time even if it is not something that the customer wants or needs. On the other hand, those with a family plan won't see any changes at all.

So the bottom line is that all new AT&T customers will be paying about $95 per line for a smartphone. If there is any good news for individuals looking for AT&T service, it is that the new plans won't go into affect until October 25th which means you have almost two weeks to sign up with AT&T and keep your tiered minutes.Once October 25th comes around, new AT&T subscribers will have to join the 13 million Mobile Share subscribers.

Mobile Share comes with unlimited talk and text plus 300MB of data for $50 a month if you have a basic phone, or $70 monthly for smartphones. You can then add on the appropriate data plan you need. AT&T says that in 95% of the cases, Mobile Share offers a lower or same price than current scenarios, with more value.

Have you even seen the MS Plans produced by At&t? Because this is actually better for Basic phone users and Smart Phones that only want the 300MB Data. It will save those customers money on an individual plan.
Pick up a brochure before you listen to PA.

I am one of those people that "commits to Sprint." They have Network Vision and LTE everywhere around me, and I am really glad that I have unlimited data and a cheaper plan to go with it. Sprint is no longer as bad as it used to be :)

That's your opinion... sprint has a bad rep... Give it time it will be a huge threat to the companies not sure what market you are but in NY VZW in store only promo if your a sprint customer and trade in your smartphone they will give u 100 off... Sprint is working on next version of lte again it's your opinion

psst... You are forgetting too, this is just for NEW customers! Existing ones keep their rates GRANDFATHERED, and are not forced to change them like THE OTHER GUYS REQUIRE... but yeah ATT is out to screw everyone... Its sooooo Bullsh*t!

19.InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)

You do know the plan they are making NEW customers go one has unlimited talk right?

Not to mention as someone else pointed out, this actually will save you money. I worked for Verizon for 5 years and anytime a new plan change came out it was cutting the price; yet everyone always wants to complain that they are getting ripped off. How about we go back to the rates of 5 years ago and truly see how much higher your bill goes.

Basic Phone 450 Minutes, UNL TXT and Data currently is $69.99
MS Plan UNL Talk and TXT and 300MB of data (Who on a basic phone uses that much data) for $60
Smart Phone currently 450 Minutes, UNL TXT and 300MB Data is currently $79.99
MS Plan UNL Talk and Text with 300MB Data is now $70 a month

How is that Horrible?

I am not running to At&t's defense, but this is a fact that it will now be less for individual plans.

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